Return to Oz

Pros: Lovely imagery, good script, great acting, dark story...
Cons: INCREDIBLY dark story, some hokey effects...

Ever wonder what happened to Dorothy Gale and the world of Oz? Writer Frank L. Baum provided an ans ...

Pros: Great art design, fun villains, faithful to Baum's original novels
Cons: NOT the 1939 version, which all of us have imprinted on our subconscious

Then it would have been even MORE twisted and creepy and dark and wonderful! This is one of only ten or so movies we owned when we first got our VCR, and we wore it out watching it. There are things in this movie that will give you nightmares, but even...

Pros: Creative characters, interesting plot, more true to Baum's books
Cons: Scares many young children, kind of odd

I had a lot of trouble picking a topic because there were just too many things to choose from, but I finally have settled on Return to Oz as the topic for my own entry to the Nos talgia Write-Off I am currently ...

Pros: Funny – But I don’t think it was meant to be.
Cons: Silly characters, story.

As a child I remember one of my fondest memories was watching The Wizard of Oz. Every year it seemed, the Wizard of Oz was shown on broadcast television right around the perfect time when families would curl up in knit blankets next to a ...

Pros: see review
Cons: none

Taking place after the events of "Wizard of Oz", at the end of the 19th century, eleven year old Dorothy Gale (Fairuza Balk) is back in good ole Kansas with her Aunty Em (Piper Laurie) and Uncle Henry (Matt Clarke). Her stories of ...

Pros: It Still Held On To The Foundation Of The Classic Oz, A Petite Sized Fairuza Balk, Cute Characters, And Interesting Menacing Characters.
Cons: The Characters In The Classic Were More Lovable, And Their Costumes Were Better. No Good Witch, No Witches From Any Direction (North, East, West, South). I Don't Recall There Being Any Munchkins Either, Or The Wizard For That Matter. There Wasn't Much of A

We're not in Kansas any more. Oz will never be the same. Return To Oz is the sequel to the movie that we all hold dear to our hearts, The Wizard Of Oz. Return To Oz is a darker, more sinister take on Oz.

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Pros: Almost everything: good acting, good story, etc.
Cons: No real music

The original Wizard of Oz movie from 1939 is still an annual autumn television favorite, but in 1985 Return to Oz was released. It’s not based on just one book of the Oz line, but rather two. Both “Road to Oz” and “Ozma of Oz” were combined for this ...

Pros: Graphics, creepy feeling, Jack Pumpkinhead
Cons: Fairuza Balk's performance

First of all, I want to be clear that I have not read any of L. Frank Baum's books, and my opinion here is based solely on watching "Return to Oz" and comparing the two films, "The Wizard of Oz" and "Return to Oz." Creating a sequel to the classic ...

Pros: exciting story, beautifully set designed and filmed
Cons: maybe a little scary for small children

I just watched this movie again last night for the first time a very long time. When I was a kid, I was never much of a fan of "The Wizard of Oz" with Judy Garland because I was never much of a fan of musicals or sickly sweet movies even as a...

Pros: greatest movie ever based on Oz Books
Cons: A bit outdated in Movie Technology but is better Technology than Wizard of Oz

I would say that I saw movie when I was around 7 or 8 years old. I first saw it on either video tape or T.V., I do not exactly remember which. I am now 20 years old and my birthday is 9-01-80. I think that for its time when it was made it was top of...

Pros: clay-mation, scenery, emeralds, pumkinhead
Cons: flight scenes

Return to Oz is the wonderfully done second part to the epic story of Dorothy and her adventures in Oz. As the story goes she returns to Oz to find the Emerald City not in the best of shape. The wicked Princess Mombi and the evil Nome King now rule the...

Pros: Twisted, scary, entertaining, and very imaginative.
Cons: Pathetic portrayals of classic characters, too scary for small children.

Although I saw Return to Oz when I was very young, this is one movie that I have never been able to forget. In my memories, I see it as one of the most disturbing films that I have ever encountered; upon seeing it again recently on the Disney...

Pros: clay-mation, fun characters
Cons: recycled characters

Have you ever wondered was happened to Dorothy after her adventure to oz? How did she cope with life after having to return to reality? Return to Oz explains it all. Starring Fairuza Balk, this movie contains explicit chicken talking, walking sofas and...

Pros: This is an awesome movie; I could watch it a million times!
Cons: The worst sequel of all times!

To start, I must say that this is one of my favorite movies. I believe I was five the first time I saw this movie, and even then I realized that it didn’t make sense as a sequel.
This movie is the worst sequel of all times, because of several...

Pros: Everything. Characters, actors, costumes, sets, and story.
Cons: Might scare small children, but this is not really a con.

This movie is, I consider, the best 'Oz' movie out there. While I adore the 1939 Judy Garland classic, if I had to chose between that, and this 1985 'Return To Oz', the latter would win.

I will warn you of a few things right now. If you are...